On Sunday, let's talk about a La Liga spotlight match: Celta vs Girona.
Celta, who are 16th in the standings, and Girona, who are 2nd in the standings, can be the side that can be the concession side, which is still a surprise to many fans, in fact, the main basis for this is the historical meeting results of the two teams, especially at home in La Liga, Celta Celta has played Girona three times, and all points have been scored.
However, Girona are clearly a different team this season, they are still second in the table, a big cut ahead of Barcelona behind them, and the team's attacking firepower is unbeatable, with 51 goals currently scored, the most in La Liga. Especially in the positional battle ability, Girona is even stronger in its own class, not only ranking first in La Liga with 41 goals, but even 10 more than Real Madrid, which is ranked second, which shows how strong their firepower is.
The problem is that Celta's positional defense is very poor, having conceded 23, the fourth most in La Liga, which makes their defensive ability very worrying, and there is no doubt that in the face of Girona's menacing frontal attack, Celta's hidden danger is very big.
But this is obviously not the whole script of this game, although Girona is strong, but in today's game, they still have two problems worth paying attention to.
First, Girona's aggressive style of play has led to a big problem in their own defense. As we said earlier, because it is too able to press the attack, Girona's back line actually has a lot of holes, it is easy to be beaten behind, the data will not lie, as of now, Girona has been on average 14.3 times per game, which is the third most in La Liga, second only to Villarreal and Almeria, once it encounters an opponent who is particularly good at creating chances, it is very dangerous.
In particular, Girona's defenders are also relatively slow, and the return defense is often untimely, and they have played 4 counterattacks this season, the most in La Liga. But Celta, which they are going to play today, has a very good counterattack ability, and has scored 4 times so far, second only to Atletico Madrid.
Because Celta's team was originally able to create chances, their frontcourt fast attack is very threatening, the number of shots on goal is among the best in La Liga, playing Real Betis at the beginning of this month, Celta's number of shots on goal reached 19 times, before playing Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid can play a lot of threatening shots, today facing Girona, may also get a lot of shooting opportunities.
In addition, Girona has one less injured Juanpe today, plus David Lopez, who was injured before, and the central defender is going to start Eric Garcia again, the former Barcelona defender who has just returned from injury has risen a lot in Girona, has improved a lot in defense, and has a good ability to play the ball, but his partner with Blind may have a lot of problems with air defense.
You must know that Girona's set-piece defense has a big shortcoming, and now that Juampe, the highest point in the backline, and David Lopez, the second highest, are injured, it is even more difficult to defend. But set-pieces are a key point grabber for Celta, who have scored six so far, and the set-piece attack is a big threat and will be looking for ways to use it to cause problems for Girona today.
Therefore, with a background of attacking prowess, Girona's defence may need to withstand counter-attacks and set-pieces from Celta Vigo, and the pressure cannot be repeated. Therefore, we must be highly vigilant today and not take our precautions lightly. Based on the previous discussion, I am personally very much looking forward to Girona's successful away performance, so please leave a message if you have any different opinions.